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... thereof , at a just and reasonable rate of compensation , and that such rate of compensation is to be found and established as a unit , and is to include as well the transporta- tion of such messengers or agents as of the express matter ...
... thereof , at a just and reasonable rate of compensation , and that such rate of compensation is to be found and established as a unit , and is to include as well the transporta- tion of such messengers or agents as of the express matter ...
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... thereof , " and entered before or at the time of the decree from which the appeal was taken , does not affect the finality of the de- cree . St. Louis , I. M. & S. R. Co. v . Southern Express Co. , case preceding , distinguished . Where ...
... thereof , " and entered before or at the time of the decree from which the appeal was taken , does not affect the finality of the de- cree . St. Louis , I. M. & S. R. Co. v . Southern Express Co. , case preceding , distinguished . Where ...
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... thereof . The stock issued to them was voted on by proxy at two successive annual meetings for election of directors . The company being unable to meet its interest on the bonds , the road and property were delivered to the trustees of ...
... thereof . The stock issued to them was voted on by proxy at two successive annual meetings for election of directors . The company being unable to meet its interest on the bonds , the road and property were delivered to the trustees of ...
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... thereof in that state . Thereupon Stanton and Palmer , the defendants thereto , filed their petition in equity in the same court , the object and prayer of which were to ob- tain a perpetual injunction , restraining the plaintiff from ...
... thereof in that state . Thereupon Stanton and Palmer , the defendants thereto , filed their petition in equity in the same court , the object and prayer of which were to ob- tain a perpetual injunction , restraining the plaintiff from ...
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... thereof a judgment has been obtained which it is against conscience to enforce . " Then stating that the action was founded on an alleged contract , on which the complainant was not personally liable , having been made by him as agent ...
... thereof a judgment has been obtained which it is against conscience to enforce . " Then stating that the action was founded on an alleged contract , on which the complainant was not personally liable , having been made by him as agent ...
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Page 682 - Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Page 172 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 590 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law of the land.
Page 657 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.
Page 570 - ... to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted...
Page 534 - Prohibited (Sec. 5204). —No association, or any member thereof, shall, during the time it shall continue its banking operations, withdraw, or permit to be withdrawn, either in the form of dividends or otherwise, any portion of its capital.
Page 412 - No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
Page 708 - ... per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of January and July of each year, at the...
Page 386 - Before this time a petition for the removal of the cause to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nevada had been filed by Herman Shainwald and Ralph L.
Page 707 - If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of...